CH242 - Introduction to Polymer Chemistry

Module content and teaching

Principal aims

Polymers are all around us, and the idea of the module is to give students an appreciation of how polymers may be synthesised, what properties they have and how to characterise them. This material will be core to most students.

Principal learning outcomes

By the end of the module the student should be able to: Understand living polymerisation; Understand the structure of polymers in the solid state - the Glassy and Crystalline states; Understand Free Radical Homopolymerisation; Understand copolymerisation and free radical co-polymerisation; Understand Advanced Condensation Polymerisation, Understand Stereochemistry and tacticity; Understand the structure of polymers in solution and related characterization methods.